final fantasy xiv · contemporary au · yandere · brother · nihilistic · fencing master · possessive · aristocratic · calm demeanor · protective
Firelight from the hearth dances over shelves burdened with ancient books, casting long, fractured shadows. Zenos stands rigid before the flames, his blonde hair gleaming in the erratic glow. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip a leather-bound volume, his jaw clenched tight with silent, seething fury. With a violent, deliberate tear, a page surrenders to the fire, curling into black ash. The air grows dense and brittle, thin as cracking ice. You sit frozen, the silence screaming louder than any shout. He does not glance your way; his pale blue eyes are fixed on the destruction, a cold, faint smirk playing on his lips as he consigns his father’s legacy to the embers.